Rugeley / Ridgeley / Rudgeley / Rugelie

There is an entry for Rugeley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK0417/rugeley/] [accessed 26 July 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Stafford, vol. 5, 1959) notes: "There was a church in Rugeley by 1189 [...] A vicarage was instituted in 1276 [...] The oldest part of the remaining structure is the chancel which dates from the late 12th century. [...] The north chapel, of the same length as the chancel but slightly narrower, is an addition of the later 13th century. [...] The former parish church of ST. AUGUSTINE consisted of nave, chancel, north aisle, north chapel, west tower, and south porch. After the completion of the present church in 1823 the old building was partly demolished. The chancel and the adjacent north chapel, under separate gabled roofs, were left standing and walled up on the west side. In 1957 they were still in use for a Sunday school and occasional services. The west tower was left in position, but the nave and aisle were demolished except for the arches of the arcade. [...] In or about 1818 it was decided that a new parish church was necessary owing to the increase in population. [...] A site east of the old church, large enough for a new burial ground, was given in 1819 by Viscount Anson. [...] It was consecrated on 21 January 1823 [...] The marble font dates from 1874." A plan of the interior of St Augustine's old church shows a font inside the north chapel [cf. supra]; the old church had a north aisle, at the east end of which was en enclosed chapel adjacent to the north side of the chancel. The entry for Rugeley's new church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK0452618524] notes: "Church. 1822-23. Attributed to H J Underwood of Oxford in a loosely Perpendicular Gothic style. E end additions in Perpendicular style by Frank Pearson c.1904; fittings of the late C19 and early C20. [...] Alabaster font given to the church in 1874 has a round bowl with a carved cornice on carved alabaster stem with green marble shafts and a moulded alabaster base." Historic England [https://historicengland.org.uk/services-skills/education/educational-images/old-church-of-st-augustine-colton-road-rugeley-6378] [accessed 26 July 2019] has a brief entry for the ruins of the old church: "This ruined and derelict church has an almost intact Early English tower. There are Norman and Early English remains within the church. The church also contains early 17th century and early 18th century mural monuments and tablets, all in honour of the Weston family", but mentions no font in it.